READING UNIT 1

1 Write the words below in your own language. You can use a dictionary.

1. wheels …………………… 3. health ……………………

2. poor …………………… 4. chance ……………………

2 Read about a special school and complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets.
Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous. Then tick (✓) the sentences true (T),
false (F) or don’t know (DK) according to the text.

School on Wheels

It’s a hot afternoon in the city of Hyderabad, India. A school bus is stopping in a poor area of the city. Some
children are running towards the bus. They want to look inside. They’re happy and excited.
The bus is a classroom, and for many of India’s poor children, it is their only hope for an education. Many
children in India’s poor areas haven’t got schools to go to. Some of them work to help their families. Others
stand on the streets and ask people for money. This special bus brings school to them.
It’s clean inside the bus. There are pictures on the walls and cupboards with textbooks and notebooks. There are
pencils, pens, glue and a TV. There is a teacher, too. The children learn to read and do maths.
They also get a hot meal. A doctor sometimes comes to the bus to check the children’s health.
Right now about 40 children are sitting on the bus. They are listening to the teacher and writing in their
notebooks. Ten-year-old Devi is learning on the bus today. After she finishes work with her father, she comes
to the bus to study. Devi wants to be a teacher one day. Manjula is studying on the bus today, too. She hopes to
become a doctor.
The school on a bus is the idea of a man called T. L. Reddy. He wants the children to enjoy school. “This is the
only chance they get to be kids, even if it is only for two hours,” he says.

T F DK
1. At the beginning of the text, the school bus …………………… (drive)
in the snow. ...... ...... ......
2. The children …………………… (wear) sandals and shorts today. ...... ...... ......
3. Poor children in India sometimes …………………… (help) their families. ...... ...... ......
4. The bus …………………… (not take) the children to school. ...... ...... ......
5. The children sometimes …………………… (see) a doctor on the bus. ...... ...... ......
6. At the moment, Devi …………………… (have) a hot meal. ...... ...... ......
7. The children …………………… (not study) maths today. ...... ...... ......
 READING UNIT 2
1 Read the text about an amazing dolphin. Then write questions with the words below.
Use the Past Simple.

A Dolphin’s Tail
One cold winter morning in 2005, Jim didn’t survive. Winter learned to swim
Savage went fishing in his small boat. without a tail, but it was very difficult. She
Suddenly, he heard a terrible noise. What was couldn’t swim like she used to swim.
it? He sailed his boat in the direction of the Dolphins’ tails move up and down, but
noise and he discovered a baby dolphin with Winter moved from side to side. The unusual
a rope around her tail and head. The rope movements weren’t good for Winter’s spine.
prevented the dolphin from swimming so Jim Then, Kevin Carroll heard Winter’s story and
cut the rope, but the dolphin didn’t swim volunteered to help. Kevin designs and builds
away. She had horrible injuries to her tail. artificial body parts for animals. He wanted
Jim called for help and Teresa Mazza, to create the first artificial tail for a dolphin.
a marine biologist, came. Jim and Teresa Kevin and a team of experts worked for
helped the dolphin reach the beach. She was a year and a half to design the new tail and
very tired and she fell asleep in Teresa’s develop a special gel to attach it to Winter’s
arms. After that, a special ambulance came body. Winter worked hard and finally learned
and took the baby dolphin to the Clearwater to swim with her new tail.
Marine Aquarium in Florida, USA.
Today, you can see Winter in films about her
People at the aquarium named the little story. They’re called Dolphin Tale and
dolphin Winter and took care of her. She Dolphin Tale 2 and Winter is the star.
survived the terrible experience but her tail

1. Why / be / there / a terrible noise / ?

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2. What / Jim / do / with the rope / ?

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3. Why / Jim / call / for help / ?

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4. Why / Winter / swim differently / from other dolphins / ?

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5. What / Kevin Carroll / design / ?

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2Answer the questions in Exercise 2 according to the text.

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